Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Indian Creek near Macedonia OH in OH, United States, built from official government gauge data.
Indian Creek sits in the Cuyahoga watershed in Ohio.
The creek’s typical high water comes in March, when the median level is 1.29 ft (0.39 m). By September, the typical level is 0.97 ft (0.3 m). That seasonal swing is 3.9 in (9.8 cm), which is the change a dock, crossing, or small intake has to live with through the year.
For river users, that means spring is usually the time to watch for higher water, while late summer and early fall tend to be lower. Those shifts matter most where the creek is shallow or where a bank-side pump needs a steady setting.
The highest recorded level is 4.09 ft (1.25 m), set in February 2022. The lowest recorded level is 0.8 ft (0.24 m), set in September 2024.
Those two marks show the spread this station has seen over its record. The high water is the one to keep in mind for overflow-prone crossings and low banks. The low water is the one to remember for pumps, fish habitat, and any reach that depends on a small margin of depth.
The station’s record spans more than 13 years. No fastest 24-hour rise is listed here, so there is no published warning-rate figure to point to for this site.
The hero number on this page is today’s stage compared with the median for the same calendar day across the station’s record. That is more useful than raw elevation because it shows whether the creek is running above or below its usual level for this date.
This station is run by the USGS. With more than 13 years on record, the calendar-day comparison gives a practical check on where Indian Creek stands right now relative to its own history.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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